Wright part 4.ppt

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The works

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTFRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

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KADEN TOWERThe Kaden Tower, actually

designed by William WesleyPeters and the TaliesinArchitects Wright!s successor"irm#, is based on a late $%&'sWright design "or a hotel in(ndia) The "i"teen story

skyscra*er consist o" a centralcore, with cantile+ered steel

beams and the "loor sus*ended"rom the beams) ince it had

been originally designed "or theclimate in (ndia, the lacy grille

work would ha+e been *ractical


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in an en+ironment lacking air

condition)

The building is not

uni+ersally lo+ed in-ouis+ille and is

sometimes re"erred to as

the concrete Kleene. bo.

or the Pink /onstrosity)


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PR(0E TOWER

The skyscra*er was not a

"orm congenial to Wright

who thought o" his work

in natural terms) 1ut usingthe meta*hor o" a tree,

Wright could create a

+ertical structure, in this

case with the ser+ice coreas a trunk and the "loors

cantile+ered "rom it, like

branches)


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/AR(NE 0O2NT3 0(4(0 0ENTER(n $%56 Wright acce*ted this

commission his 66'th# at age%') Wright died 7 years be"orethe ground breaking hadoccurred) 8is work wascontinued by Taliesin architectsnamely Wiiliams Wesley Petersand Aaron 9reen) -ike many o"Wright!s buildings, this ci+iccenter *lan is ad:usted to thelandsca*e) O"ten com*ared toan a;ueduct, the building uses

re*eated arches echoing thehills#,


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))a blue roo" echoing the

skies#, and beige concrete

echoing the landsca*e#)

Two arms e.tend "rom the

central dome< the

Administration 1uilding,

the south arm, com*leted

"irst at 5=& "eet, and the

northwest arm, the 8all o">ustice at ==' "t)


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The arches o" the min and

second "loor become

circles in the to* "loor,two "or each arc below)

The ea+es uses hal"

circles)


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2N(T3 TE/P-E

The Plan o" this 2nitarian churchis a "ront s;uare, an entrancehallway and a rear rectangular

*arish house) The whole is builto" concrete, a chea* material,and a daring mo+e "or churcharchitecture in the early 7'thcentury) The church is a scaleddown +ersion o" Wright!s

-arkin building) The church hasa corner *iers, which containthe stairs, screen windows, anda "lat slab roo" li"ted abo+e thecube?sha*ed building)


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4)0) /ORR( TORE

This small commercial

building uses a @yrian

arch at the entrance, much

like the entrances o" some

o" Richardson!s buildings)The cur+ing ram* o" the

interior is usually regarded

as a *recedent "or the later

9uggenheim /useum inNew 3ork 0ity)


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PETER 1EA083 8O2E

Oriented at right angles, to

the street, the Peter

1eachy house is made o"

brick and stucco)


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NAT8AN /OORE 8O2E

This is one o" the "ew housesdesigned by Wright in anhistoric style ?? EnglishTudor) Although in lateryears Wright disliked thehouse, it was widely co*ied)Tudor elements include thedecorati+e hal"?timbering,the stee*ly *itched roo" andintersecting gables, therambling, asymmetrical *lan

and the use o" re*eatedbalusters)


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The "ront, "ront and street

side, and detail o" gable)


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A +iew "rom the garden side, the two?story 9othic side light and

the "ront central bay window with cus*ed arches and 9othic

tracery)


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